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This video shows the shocking moment a teenager was left with a fractured spine after testing out a homemade ‘ejector’ seat.

A video posted on YouTube shows 19-year-old Hari Farlie sitting on the contraption, which is comprised of two car tyres with an unreleased airbag sandwiched between them.

As he talks to friends, one proceeds to connect a wire to the car’s battery, before the other reluctantly follows suit, causing the airbag to immediately inflate.

Hari is launched into the year, before crumpling in a heap on the ground, and is heard to painfully remark ‘my back’.

Kyle Lyons, 24, who posted the video online, later revealed that Hari had suffered a fractured spine in two places and will have to wear a back brace for two months.

Speaking on Facebook, he said: ‘we thought he would have bruised his coccyx, we didn’t expect him to break his back.

Hari received treatment at Addenbrooke’s Hospital (Picture: Facebook)

‘In the end we picked him up and took him to the hospital in my mate’s van.

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‘He got back home yesterday, he only stayed in overnight. He seems to be doing alright, he’s got crutches and a back brace.

‘We never thought it would go viral, just thought it would be a little prank. He wanted to do it but I don’t think he knew what it would entail. He didn’t think it was going to hurt – he’s not the brightest one.

‘He’s sort of a guinea pig – we were going to paint him like a crash test dummy but we didn’t have time.

‘But he’s alright, it could have been worse. He could have been paralysed apparently. We won’t be doing any more pranks for a few months.’

The trio, described by Mr Lyons as ‘the modern day three stooges’, got inspiration for the reckless prank after helping a friend remove airbags from his van.